May 5: ESF 8 – Introduction to EOC Operations for Hospitals Course

Course Description
This course is a guide for local hospital emergency response personnel to support their deployment to an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during a community disaster. When an EOC is activated, local health officials from the local hospital(s) and public health may be notified to deploy to their local EOC to support coordination and communication during the event. This course will review Incident Command System (ICS) principles such as Unified and Area Command, Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS), and the process for Incident Action Planning. In addition, a review of the purpose of an EOC will be discussed along with a discussion of its basic functions, activation protocols, and communication tools. Job roles and responsibilities for hospital liaisons responding to an EOC will be reviewed.